Hello, it’s us! After a little more than 2 months away, we’re back. As one says, we are taking root in Montreal after being away all these years. But with the winter we’ve had, the ground is too frozen for the roots to sink deeply. That said, we finally received our personal possessions (including our computer) from Paris and we are now ready to take cameras and keyboard to feed again this blog. Get ready to learn a little more about Montreal and the habits of the wildlife that inhabits it. Obviously, we will continue to explore the world (though less frequently…) so, sometimes, we will have more exotic pictures to show you.

For this return, what better way then to freeze your feet! Below are some photos taken in February in Venise-en-Quebec, a resort an hour from Montreal, very popular due to its location on Lake Champlain and its proximity to the United States. In winter, it is difficult to imagine that one day we will again be swimming and doing water sports. It’s a different scene that welcome visitors who dare brave the cold: a temporary village, built on the frozen waters of the lake! And believe me: with the intense cold which lasted for several months in Quebec, there was no risk of gettng through the ice layer!

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40 thoughts on “Village sur glace / Village on ice”

How lovely to ‘see’ you again … welcome back to blogsville🙂 I love this window on your new world and particularly the horses, very like our indiginous breed here with their fake tan and bleached blonde locks (I jest) … I curled once in Scotland – it was disastrous and I fear I may have suffered a life-long ban for mis-use of the broom🙂

I was so happy to see that you wrote a new post🙂 what was the coldest temprature this winter? It looks really cold. I hope the spring will bring you warmer temperatures. Can’t wait to see more photos from you!
All the best from Belgium (from 7 degrees Celsius)😀
Corina.

Thanks Corina for your note. There were more than 25 days with temperatures below -20C this winter when normally you get less than 10. The coldest was probably around -30C but you also have to add windchill factor which brought down the temperature to around -38C…it has been very cold. In fact, it was the coldest February in 115 years! The temperatures are slowly climbing now and today it is a mild -2C!!!

Hi Corina: It is possible to go out though you have to be well dressed and have a scarf to protect your face. If the wind is strong you do have to watch for freeze bits. You do get used to it though I must admit that I am very much looking forward to milder temperatures.

Thanks for your note. We moved back to Montreal in early January and it took 3 months to receive our stuff including the computer so I didn’t have tools to process pictures which explain our silence on the blog…we should start publishing more often in the coming weeks.

Thanks Peter for the warm welcome back. We are indeed now fully settled and I just waiting for milder temperature to start exploring Montreal a bit more thoroughly. More pictures of Montreal coming soon.